Graduation
Pratt officially awards degrees at the end of Summer Term on October 1st, Fall Term on February 1st and Spring Term on May 1st. A student that has completed all requirements for a degree will not officially be graduated until one of these three dates.
| Summer Terms | Fall Term | Spring Term | |
| Application filing deadlines | March 27 | March 27 | December 15 |
| Graduation date | October 1 | February 1 | May 1 |
There is one Commencement Ceremony held every May. Only students who have filled out a graduation application for Spring Term and graduates of the prior Summer and Fall terms who have also submitted a graduation application may take part in the ceremony. See the Commencement page in Student Activities for information about the event.
In order to graduate from Pratt you must:
- Complete the total number of credits required for the academic program to which you were admitted.
- Complete all required courses for the academic program to which you were admitted.
- Meet or exceed the minimum 2.0 GPA (Undergraduate) or 3.0 (Graduate) for graduation from the academic program to which you were admitted. (Check your degree audit for requirements specific to your program.)
- Complete a graduation application on My.Pratt.
Complete a Graduation Application Online
- Log in with your OneKey at http://my.pratt.edu. (Forget your OneKey?)
- Click on the Academic Tools tab near the top of the page. Then click on the Academic Tools link.
- After the system logs you in, click on the 'STUDENTS' menu on the sidebar.
- Click on Apply for Graduation under Graduation in the left column.
- Check the box next to the academic program for which you are eligible for graduation and click submit.
- The screen will then display the Application for Graduation. Please verify all information on this screen; make the necessary corrections and add additionally required information.
- Click submit to view the Confirmation Form.
- Print this screen for your records and click OK to return to the Students menu.
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